The AVP season kicked off with the Huntington Beach Open this past weekend and our full contingent of photographers were on the scene: Mark Rigney, Rick Atwood, Will Chu, Allen Szto and Jim Wolf.
They shoot thousands of photos at a tournament and then spend hours culling through them. The following gallery represents their best, and there are some fantastic shots.
And, as always, players, if you use any of these for social media, please be sure to credit the photographer. Click on any photo to view full size:
Terese Canon, right, blocks Brandie Wilkerson/Will Chu Photography Betsi Flint/Will Chu Photography Cody Caldwell/Mark Rigney photo Kelly Cheng blocks Melissa Humana-Paredes/Mark Rigney photo Taryn Kloth/Rick Atwood photo Cody Caldwell hits past Taylor Sander/Rick Atwood photo Jake Dietrich/Rick Atwood photo Megan Kraft, left), and Terese Cannon/Allen Szto Photography Lexy Denaburg with foot dig/Jim Wolf photo Terese Canon blocks Deahna Kraft/Will Chu Photography Kristen Nuss watches Taryn Kloth stretch out/Jim Wolf photo Seain Cook/Mark Rigney photo Taryn Kloth watches Kristen Nuss dig/Jim Wolf photo Ryan Wilcox/Rick Atwood photo Taylor Crabb, left, and Cody Caldwell battle high above the net/Will Chu Photography Hailey Harward/Allen Szto Photography Melissa Humana-Paredes/Allen Szto Photography Taylor Crabb/Rick Atwood photo Troy Field blocks Taylor Sanders/Allen Szto Photography Taylor Sander, left, and Taylor Crabb/Mark Rigney photo Brandie Wilkerson blocks Kristen Nuss/Rick Atwood photo Melissa Humana-Paredes/Mark Rigney photo Hagen Smith/Will Chu Photography Brandie Wilkerson and Melissa Humana-Paredes celebrate/Rick Atwood photo Avery Drost/Rick Atwood photo Troy Field blocks Phil Dalhausser/Jim Wolf photo Alison, left, knuckles one past the block of Cody Caldwell/Will Chu Photography Sarah Hughes/Will Chu Photography Melissa Humana-Paredes scrambles through the sand/Jim Wolf photo Jake Urrutia/Rick Atwood photo Taylor Sander dives in the final/Will Chu Photography Kelly Cheng goes over the shoulder against Brandie Wilkerson/Mark Rigney photo Tim Bomgren/Will Chu Photography Cody Caldwell (left) and Seain Cook in their first AVP final/Allen Szto Photography Brandie Wilkerson, left, and Melissa Humana-Paredes/Rick Atwood photo April Ross at AVP Huntington Beach/Rick Atwood photo Brandie Wilkerson/Mark Rigney photo Taylor Crabb takes a body blow in the mens final/Mark Rigney photo Hailey Harward jump serves/Will Chu Photography Alison Ceruti gets in front of Evan Cory on serve receive/Jim Wolf photo Betsi Flint/Mark Rigney photo Nathaniel Miller vs. Devon Burki/Rick Atwood photo Chaim Schalk/Rick Atwood photo Kristen Nuss overhead digs a ball while jumping backwards/Will Chu Photography Tim Bomgren/Rick Atwood photo Jake Urrutia/Rick Atwood photo Kylie DeBerg and Kelly Cheng joust/Jim Wolf Devon Newberry, left, and Brook Bauer joust/Will Chu Photography Sara Hughes/Mark Rigney photo Alix Klineman watches April Ross during their return to the AVP/Mark Rigney photo Megan Kraft/Mark Rigney photo Kristen Nuss digs against Geena Urango and Toni Rodriguez/Mark Rigney photo Abby Van Winkle blocks Teegan Van Gunst/Will Chu Photography Jordan Hoppe/Rick Atwood photo Sara Hughes hits against Kylie Deberg/Rick Atwood photo Chaim Schalk/Mark Rigney photo Cody Caldwell rejects Tri Bourne/Mark Rigney photo Cody Caldwell backhand flips for the dig/Will Chu Photography Savvy Simol/Will Chu Photography Brandie Wilkerson stuffs Kristen Nuss/Mark Rigney photo Kelly Cheng hits angle around the block of Brandi Wilkerson/Allen Szto Photography David Lee/Rick Atwood photo Hagen Smith/Mark Rigney photo 
